An exploratory study of attractors and detractors in Black graduates' choice of an academic career in a South African higher education institution

Oghenetega, Timothy Oghenefega

An exploratory study of attractors and detractors in Black graduates' choice of an academic career in a South African higher education institution

Master Thesis

2017

Publisher

University of Cape Town

Department

Organisational Psychology

Faculty

Faculty of Commerce

Abstract

This study explored the factors that most determine black graduates' career choice and aimed to better understand how these factors impact the career choice/decision to specifically pursue a career in academia in South Africa, bearing in mind that factors that attract and retain are not the same. Based on a total sample of 204 students from a South African university, the research findings indicate that there is a significant relationship between the influence of a role model and black graduates' intention to apply for an academic job. Implications for theory and practice are also discussed.

Keywords

Organisational Psychology

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